Tenses Exercises with
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Exercise 1 – Identify the type of tenses
Go through the sentences provided below and identify the type of tenses.
1. Damon drinks coffee every morning.
2. The boy got up late and missed the bus.
3. My mother goes to pray in the temple.
4. The team is playing very well.
5. The school will be closed for winter break.
6. Leonard graduated from college last year.
7. The baby has eaten all the chips.
8. Have you read Pride and Prejudice?
9. The train has just left the station.
10. The sick child has been sleeping for three hours.
11. They have known each other for a long time.
12. Sam was going to school.
13. When I went there, Bucky was playing video games.
14. The workers have been working on the building for a long time.
15. Penny had done her homework when her parents came back.
16. Mr. Arnold had been writing his last book for four months.
17. I will move to Delhi soon.
18. Mr. Samuel will be staying in New York next week.
19. Beverly will have left before you arrive to see her.
20. Mr. Peter will have been teaching for twelve years next month.
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1. Simple Present Tense
2. Simple Past Tense
3. Simple Present Tense
4. Present Continuous Tense
5. Simple Future Tense
6. Simple Past Tense
7. Present Perfect Tense
8. Present Perfect Tense
9. Present Perfect Tense
10. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
11. Present Perfect Tense
12. Past Continuous Tense
13. Past Continuous Tense
14. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
15. Past Perfect Tense
16. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
17. Simple Future Tense
18. Future Continuous Tense
19. Future Perfect Tense
20. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Exercise 2 – Change the tense
Go through the sentences and change their tenses as directed.
1. The boy speaks the truth. (Present Continuous Tense)
2. Mr. Cooper has spoken about Dinosaurs. (Present Perfect Continuous Tense)
Answers
Exercise 1 – Identify the type of tenses
Go through the sentences provided below and identify the type of tenses.
1. Damon drinks coffee every morning.
2. The boy got up late and missed the bus.
3. My mother goes to pray in the temple.
4. The team is playing very well.
5. The school will be closed for winter break.
6. Leonard graduated from college last year.
7. The baby has eaten all the chips.
8. Have you read Pride and Prejudice?
9. The train has just left the station.
10. The sick child has been sleeping for three hours.
11. They have known each other for a long time.
12. Sam was going to school.
13. When I went there, Bucky was playing video games.
14. The workers have been working on the building for a long time.
15. Penny had done her homework when her parents came back.
16. Mr. Arnold had been writing his last book for four months.
17. I will move to Delhi soon.
18. Mr. Samuel will be staying in New York next week.
19. Beverly will have left before you arrive to see her.
20. Mr. Peter will have been teaching for twelve years next month.
, Answers
1. Simple Present Tense
2. Simple Past Tense
3. Simple Present Tense
4. Present Continuous Tense
5. Simple Future Tense
6. Simple Past Tense
7. Present Perfect Tense
8. Present Perfect Tense
9. Present Perfect Tense
10. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
11. Present Perfect Tense
12. Past Continuous Tense
13. Past Continuous Tense
14. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
15. Past Perfect Tense
16. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
17. Simple Future Tense
18. Future Continuous Tense
19. Future Perfect Tense
20. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Exercise 2 – Change the tense
Go through the sentences and change their tenses as directed.
1. The boy speaks the truth. (Present Continuous Tense)
2. Mr. Cooper has spoken about Dinosaurs. (Present Perfect Continuous Tense)
